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单词 tragicomically
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tragicomicallyadv.

Brit. /ˌtradʒɪˈkɒmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌtrædʒəˈkɑmək(ə)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tragicomical adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < tragicomical adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier comically adv.
In the manner or style of a tragicomedy; both tragically and comically.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adverb] > tragedy > and comedy
tragicomically1645
1645 J. Wilde Speech House of Commons 5 They have acted their parts Tragicomically.
1733 J. Bramston Man of Taste 4 I was tragi-comically got.
a1750 A. Hill Snake in Grass in Dramat. Wks. (1760) II. 99 Make me the song, tragi-comically.
1809 Morning Chron. 2 June We can fancy to ourselves the procession which that print so tragi-comically describes.
1875 Fraser's Mag. May 656/1 A droll dinner scene that threatened at one moment to end somewhat tragi-comically.
1902 A. C. Swinburne in Q. Rev. July 25 The dissolution of a ruined household is..tragicomically set before us.
2004 New Yorker 14 June 96/1 He is clad in a dark coat, the collar striated with lint and dandruff, the sleeves tragicomically short.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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